Manila Kingpin

Mobster Asiong Salonga ER Ejercito rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fistuntil he is betrayed by a trusted friend Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo Manila gang leader Nicasio Asiong Salonga whose truetolife accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 starring Joseph Estrada It is also the first Filipino major film produced in blackandwhite in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie Before the film was shown Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers through his lawyers that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit reshoot and music mixing without his involvement He also demanded that he be allowed to make a directors cut of the film